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For days gone by 10 years, leading Canadian journalist and cultural critic John Doyle has been touring the globe to see World Cup and other sports matches played at the highest level. The effect is a Charge Bryson-esque narrative full of wit and understanding, concluding with the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.Among his encounters with the delirious supporters, the crazed taxi drivers, the leprechauns and the lederhosen, Doyle examines the advancement of sports as a worldwide phenomenon. More importantly, he explores in highly engaging fashion how countrywide character is discovered in both how the clubs play the games and exactly how their supporters choose to remember.That is a e book that will excite and captivate both soccer fanatics and the legions of listeners who simply love great storytelling.
